Louisiana's Zydeco Seems
To Be Rocking the World

NEW YORK -- Laura Selikson and Dick Brainard live on separate coasts, but they share one thing: They are apostles in the zydeco diaspora.

Ms. Selikson grew up here, Mr. Brainard is a longtime resident of Portland, Ore., and for most of their lives neither had ever set foot in Louisiana or been a particularly rabid fan of anything. But a few years ago, they discovered Louisiana's exotic, French-tinged, Cajun-influenced music known as...